Keith Erickson

Somebody had to be first. Dave Schellhase remembers vividly how he felt when he became the Bulls' inaugural NBA draft pick on May 11, 1966. After Schellhase averaged an NCAA-leading 32.5 points per game as a senior at Purdue, the expansion Bulls of coach Johnny "Red" Kerr made Schellhase the 10th overall selection. The draft was neither televised nor hyped in those days. Schellhase did not walk up on a stage to hug the commissioner or tweet OMG! "The big thing then was that I knew I was going to get drafted, but it certainly was nothing like it is now," Schellhase, 70, told the Tribune this week. "I think someone called me and said I was picked by...

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